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Hey Shawnette! Straw Yellow is 049.
Yeah, isn't buying glass a total drag? :^o :^o :^o :love: lynne |
Lynne
Those beads are incredible!! I love the colors and swirls you are getting with the Iris Gold. Yum! Why don't you try Boro? :) |
Lynne - those are awesome! I'm patiently waiting to get more Iris Gold in the mail so I can keep playing. I'm not quite getting your reactions either but I love the look so much I won't give up either!
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Lynne!
Those are just so beautiful. hols |
Question--does "faux boro" hold it's color better in different light vs. "real boro"??
I'm asking from a designer point of view....my "issue" with boro is the color change when a customer gets a piece of jewelry home & it suddenly doesn't "look the same color" :D I'm thinking these beads likely DON'T have that "feature", huh? More of a "what you see is what they STAY" kinda thing? ;) ~L |
Hey Heidi, Dawn and Holly! I didn't even know you guys had posted here! Thank you!
Heidi, I have to figure out a way to keep the two kinds of glass separate in my small studio... once I do that I think I'll take the plunge. I have a Barracuda and an Integra 10, so I've got the tools... :-D Lunamoonshadow, the faux boro isn't elusive like real boro. It looks the same to me no matter where I look at it-- there's no color change that I can discern between outdoor and indoor lighting. Here are some new ones-- varying the base glass and the encasing style makes a huge difference in the final look... lynne (lol, have I hogged this thread OR WHAT?! 8-[ ) |
Lynne can you come to my house and teach me to do that? PLEEEEEAAAASE!!! :-D Colorado is pretty right now and we haven't even had snow yet!
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Those blue ones are GORGEOUS!!! (I really like the look of boro--the colorshift just bugs the heck out of me!)
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The ones I've been making have a bit of a color shift to them- they're darker indoors, but they have a great purple/blue halo when they're taken outside. But they do have MUCH more color under regular light than some boro beads I've seen.
Making a great pink color with this is easy, too- rubino cracks when I've used it.. bah! But... an orange base makes a berry pink that's unbelievable! Like Lynne showed up there, yellow is just awesome, too. Emerald green is GREAT, too! |
These are fantastic! And being a boro girl I have to say some of these I would never KNOW they were NOT boro! wow! gotta keep this in my gotta try it folder!
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I've been playing with the concepts in this thread for awhile and wanted to post some results:
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Ah, Jude! That bottom one, I ogled in the show and tell. I wondered if that was the brown/gold technique or if you got your gorgeous raku mojo out for that one. These are spectacular!
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Gorgeous beads!
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Wow, Jude!! Those are amazing!!!
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Jude, I've been drooling over the colors you're getting lately! Just gorgeous!
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Hi! I just wanted to thank the people on this thread! I ordered 018 brown a few weeks ago and over the past week or so I've been playing with 018 stringer coated in riechenbach iris gold frit. It works! It's hard to photograph but I love gazing into them in real life. The first pic is Nike Green encased in emerald green, with the faux boro stringer, encased + clear bumbs and matching spacers. The second one is my favorite so far - dark purple transparent with cobalt, a little silvered rubino stringe, fo-bo stringer, clear encasing + clear wrap. I can't wait to see what else can be done with this reaction! -Heather
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wow I am about to go and light my torch, am I going to play with my stash of northstar NO! I am going to go and try this instead it is BETTER than the colours I have been getting from boro. but then I am a boro beginner!
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I don't know how I missed this thread for so long. Jude your beads are amazing. Wonderful colors.
I tried my hand at this and got OK colors. I'm wishing for more blues and purples. |
I just took my first "pretend" boro beads out of the kiln - HOW AWESOME!!!
http://imagehost.biz/ims/pictes/209214.gif for the tutorial!!! |
LOL I just found this thread too, I've been in there, grinding iris gold nuggets into frit this am and can't wait to try it.
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I had found this thread last week and played a bit with the IG and straw yellow ~ Everyone's beadies here are pretties too - just wanted to say :smile:
Here is a set I just got out of the kiln I love the effect! Attachment 17765 |
I have heard a couple of people mention double helix glass but am not familiar with it. What is it exactly? Tia :)
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Double Helix glass is made by an artist in WA.
It's Moretti/Vetrofond compatible and it has properties very similar to boro. Here's the website: www.doublehelixglassworks.com It's expensive, but I've seen some gorgeous work with this glass. |
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My Faux Boro Beads...
These were made using a base of striking red and iris gold stringer. They sold on e-Bay last week. (My son named them "Electric Grapes"!)
I just love this technique. Liz |
Oh Oh...I guess my picture didn't upload - I'll try again!
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*drooool* gorgeous beads everyone!
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THUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great set Liz!!!!! Aw heck they're all wonderful!!! I even got a couple I was proud of!!! lol after I realized I wasn't making my stringer potent enough and made more!!! |
OK guys,, I tried this, and I am not really happy with the results, I tried over carnelian, transparent (clear) and Rubino. The Rubino are the only ones which look decent. The carnelian based ones are totally brown, no color.. any idea where I went wrong? I think these are "close".
http://www.doglogic.com/AUCTION/fauxboro.jpg |
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